After the game, Penny, Leonard, Howard, and Rajesh were all excited, but Sheldon looked a little sullen.

Penny asked Leonard quietly.

"What happened to Sheldon?"

Leonard glanced at Sheldon and replied truthfully:

"Maybe it's because he thinks your role in the game is just to make up the numbers, and we ended up winning the game with you, and he couldn't accept it."

Penny was speechless and puzzled.

"Isn't it true that you scientists don't have the same brain circuits as we normal people?"

Leonard shrugged.

"At least I'm pretty normal."

At this time, the staff of the organizers of the contest came to inform everyone that the award ceremony would be held in the afternoon at an upscale hotel in Manhattan.

Penny knows about the hotel because quite a few Hollywood celebrities have held various shows there.

Coincidentally, Leonard also knew about this hotel, because when he checked the information of Chuck Bass, one of the two founders of Steam, he saw that this hotel belonged to the Bass family.

The staff of the organizers told them that the award ceremony would invite a lot of journalists and representatives of game manufacturers to attend.

There is no dress code to receive the prize, but if the Leonard Five have clothing needs, the organizers can reimburse them for the cost of renting a dress.

Leonard was about to say no, they just wore the current outfit to receive the award, but Penny was the first to speak.

"Is there a cap on the reimbursement amount? I mean, after all, it's New York, and it costs a lot of money to rent a nice dress. ”

The other party's answer was a thousand dollars per person.

Penny was figuring out where to rent a proper dress when Sheldon walked over.

Leonard was about to talk to Sheldon about the clothes, when Sheldon was the first to say that he had just heard it.

"Penny, thank you for helping us win the game."

Penny and Leonard were stunned at the same time.

Leonard, in particular, couldn't believe that such words came out of Sheldon's mouth.

"I know the medal ceremony in the afternoon is important to you, and you definitely want to be on the podium with a really stunning image, right?"

Penny couldn't figure out why Sheldon had suddenly shown her kindness, but she nodded her head in acknowledgment.

"Great, I've got an idea that will definitely wow you!"

"You?"

Penny looked skeptical.

You, a Frankenstein with negative emotional intelligence plus a single person with a mother and fetus, actually understand women's dressing?

Not to mention Penny, even Leonard was deeply skeptical.

At this time, Howard and Rajesh walked over, and the two had already discussed how to spend the prize money when it arrived.

Everything is ready, now all you have to do is claim the prize.

Leonard explained to the two:

"Sheldon thinks we should change our clothes for the awards ceremony, what do you think?"

Howard thinks it's good to be here now, an award ceremony for an esports competition, do you want them to be in formal attire?

Leonard told Howard that the cost of the clothing rental was the responsibility of the conference organizers.

Howard immediately changed his tune and said that it was not bad to receive the award in formal attire.

It was Rajesh's turn, and he was about to speak, when he suddenly saw Penny on the side, and he didn't know what to say with his mouth closed.

"Discuss it with the four of you, I'll wait for you at the door."

After Penny left, Rajesh's first words were:

"Can I wear the traditional Indian attire?"

The result was unanimously opposed by Shelton, Leonard, and Howard.

Rajesh protested loudly:

"You're discriminating against Indians!"

Howard immediately came to say:

"Don't be stupid, Rajesh, how can we still be friends with you if we discriminate against Indians?"

Rajesh asked rhetorically:

"Isn't the reason why you made friends with me because you can't make any other friends anymore?"

Howard was stunned for a moment, and then replied angrily.

"It's as if you didn't make friends with us because of that!"

Rajesh couldn't argue with that.

Leonard began to comfort Rajesh:

"Actually, we really don't discriminate against Indians, we're just afraid that you will wear Indian clothes on stage to accept the award, and you will start dancing on stage as soon as the music starts."

Rajesh's eyes widened.

Isn't that enough to discriminate against Indians?

Leonard immediately changed the subject.

"By the way, Sheldon, why did you suddenly propose that everyone wear formal clothes to accept the award, does that mean anything special to you?"

Sheldon glanced at Leonard.

"First of all, I want to correct your statement, I just proposed that everyone change their clothes and go to the stage to accept the award, but I never said that you should wear formal clothes."

Leonard asked, puzzled:

"And what are we wearing?"

Sheldon spoke his mind.

"What do you guys think of the outfit we wore to San Diego Comic-Con last time?"

When it was over, Leonard, Howard, and Rajesh all looked at Sheldon with a dumbfounded look on their faces.

"Are you crazy to wear a COS costume to the stage to accept the award?"

Leonard asked directly.

Sheldon replied with a proud look on his face:

"Do you dare to make a bet with me, I bet that after saying that reason, you will all agree, if I win, none of you can compete with me for the qualification of COS Flash!"

The three of Leonard looked at each other and resolutely rejected Sheldon's unreasonable demand.

Even if Sheldon can convince them, the qualifications of the COS Flash will still be determined by lottery according to the old rules.

It's a matter of principle!

Despite the fact that the proposal did not pass, Sheldon gave his reason for wearing a COS costume to the stage to accept the award.

"I don't know what reason you all used to take time off to participate in the competition, anyway, I used it to listen to Hawking's speech, and the time is tonight, just in time after the awards."

Leonard followed up and said:

"My mother is sick and needs to visit."

Both Howard and Rajesh looked at Leonard in shock.

"Your mom is sick?"

Leonard shrugged helplessly.

"I wish it was true, because she was only less aggressive when she was sick, but in fact my mom got sick less often than I did growing up."

When it was Howard's turn, he used the excuse of returning to his alma mater, MIT, for an alumni event.

Of course, this reason was mainly used to deal with his mother.

Rajesh's eyes widened as he looked at the others.

"So I'm the only one who didn't make excuses and told the school that I was going to participate in the CS video game competition?"

Leonard shrugged and said:

"Then you can play a superhero who doesn't wear a mask, like Aquaman, as long as you don't tell the rest of us who we are."

Rajesh immediately retorted:

"Superman doesn't wear a mask either, why can't I coax him?"

Howard preemptively replied:

"Because Superman, though he has the same black hair as you, has never been mentioned in any comic book that Superman looks like an Indian."

Leonard then added:

"When Superman appears as Clark Kent, not only does he change his hairstyle, wear glasses, but he also hides his muscles and figure through clothing, stammers when he speaks, and does things clumsily, all of which make it difficult for others to find out that he is actually the omnipotent Superman."

"If you really want to be Superman, I suggest you play Clark Kent, because you would never think that Superman would disguise himself as an Indian."

This is certainly a bad joke, but unfortunately no one laughed.

While the three of them were discussing the matter, Sheldon had already made the draw note.

According to the old rules, in no particular order, only fight for hand speed.

The note was in Sheldon's hand, so he grabbed it first.

The remaining three notes were also snatched away by Leonard, Howard, and Rajesh.

"Oh, that's terrible."

Sheldon unfolded the note, showing the other three the contents of the note with regret on his face.

"I've got the Flash again!"

The three Leonards hadn't had time to see what they had drawn, but that didn't stop them from loudly questioning Sheldon for cheating.

And Sheldon happily admitted that he did "cheat".

He folded the notes and shuffled them in order, and then, with his amazing memory, he was able to remember exactly where the Flash's notes were.

Howard was complaining about it one second, but the next second he opened the note and found that he had drawn Batman, and immediately changed his tune and said that he was very satisfied with the result.

Leonard drew the Green Lantern, barely acceptable.

Rajesh drew Aquaman, he actually didn't want the role of COS, but his protest was directly ignored by Sheldon.

"3:1, more than two-thirds agreed, and I declare the proposal officially adopted."

Rajesh continues to protest, shouldn't this kind of thing be vetoed with one vote?

Howard regretfully told Rajesh:

"Only the five permanent members have one veto, and unfortunately India is not included."

Before Rajesh could refute, Leonard had already shifted the conversation to the author of it all.

"Sheldon, I have one last question."

"The reason why you persuaded us to join you in the COS Justice League to take the stage to accept the award is that we all cheated the school to the holidays with different reasons, so we can't expose the appearance when we receive the award, at least not let others recognize us."

"But what about Penny? She wants to expose herself and be noticed by more people, how do you convince her to join us? ”

Sheldon seemed to have expected Leonard to ask this, and replied without thinking:

"So you didn't notice that there was a very important character missing from the lottery slip I made?"

Howard replied:

"I see! You want Penny to play Wonder Woman so that she can show her face and form a Justice League with us, right? ”

Rajesh immediately questioned:

"Shouldn't Wonder Woman's hair be black?"

Howard immediately complained:

"Aquaman's hair is blonde, but none of us have any objections to your role as COS for this reason, wouldn't it be over with a hair cover?"

Leonard ignored the two of them and looked straight at Sheldon.

Sheldon shrugged:

"Don't worry, I'll convince Penny."

(End of chapter)